Step Off Finals Are Stomping Into Atlanta

Sprite Step Off Steppers to Join Atlanta Community Volunteers to Help Improve

Local Area Neighborhoods and Give Back to Atlanta Residents

WHO: Sprite Step Off Service Challenge:

Participants: Sprite Step Off Steppers, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Hands On Atlanta, National Park Service, the Martin L. King, Jr. Center, Atlanta City Council District 2 and local churches

WHAT: Sprite Step OffCompetition:

Performer: GRAMMY® Award-Nominated Hip Hop Star Drake

Sprite Step Off – the largest step tournament in history with a combined prize pool of $1.5 million in scholarships – is coming to the Atlanta Civic Center. Fraternities and sororities from across the nation will go head-to-head during the National Finals to determine who the best team in the Sprite Step Off is and compete for their chance to win one of two $100,000 scholarship grand prizes.

Additionally, the Sprite Step Off Service Challengeis partnering with Hands On Atlanta, the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta, National Park Service, local churches, the Martin L. King, Jr. Center and Atlanta City Council District 2 to host a three and a half-hourservice activity with step teams participating in the competition and community volunteers who will perform a range of volunteer tasks to help improve their local neighborhoods and give back to Atlanta residents. Activities include landscaping, neighborhoodcleanup, Historic Homes beautification, mural painting, parking lot enhancements, senior citizens activities and mentoring children. As part of the service activity, Sprite Step Off will present the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta with a $10,000 check and more than 100 books. The Sprite Step Off Service Challenge is acommunity service platform that calls upon young people to collectively donate 1.5 million hours of community service between September 2009 through September 2010.